20/19

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Interval information
Ratio  20/19
Monzo  |2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1>
Size  88.800697732532 ¢
Name(s)  small undevicesimal semitone
small undevicesimal limma
undevicesimal augmented unison
Color name  19uy1, nuyo unison
File:Ji-20-19-csound-foscil-220hz.mp3
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In 19-limit just intonation, 20/19 is the small undevicesimal semitone, measuring about 88.8¢ (almost exactly 1/3 of a sub minor third of 7/6). Its octave complement is 19/10, the "undevicesimal diminished octave". It is very close to 2 steps out of 27edo, or 88.8889 cents.

The small comma (7/6)/(20/19)^3 = 48013/48000 is tempered out in 12, 41, 53, 68, 80, 94, 121, 161, 190, 202, 217, 229, 243, 270, 282, 311, 323, 364, 460, 472, 513, 525, 540, 581, 742, 783, 795, 1012, 1053, 1106, 1308, 1323, 1578, 1848, 1889, and 2320 EDOs, leading to a variety of temperaments in which three semitones make up a subminor third.

The password comma, (256/243)/(20/19) = (19/18)/(135/128) = 1216/1215 is tempered out in 12, 29, 41, 53, 65, 77, 87, 94, 99, 106, 111, 118, 130, 140, 152, 159, 183, 193, 205, 217, 270, 282, 311, 323, 364, 400, 422, 581, and 692 EDOs, leading to a variety of temperaments which identifies 20/19 with Pythagorean limma and 19/18 with major limma respectively.

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